{"product_id":"in-pursuit-of-schizophrenia-reflections-on-imprecision-in-scientific-and-professional-thought-and-practice-paperback","title":"In Pursuit of Schizophrenia: Reflections on Imprecision in Scientific and Professional Thought and Practice - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAnthony Marsella\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis volume is a collection of scholarly, editorial, and personal commentaries (Chapters) on \"schizophrenia\" with special attention directed toward the consequences of \"imprecision\" in professional and scientific thought and practice because of our failure to accept \"schizophrenia\" is a construct. A construct is a term, word, concept subject to denotative and connotative semantic abuses and limitations.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe reification of a construct in the absence of substantial research confirmation, leads to disorders in our professional and scientific thought and practice, which scholars have termed \"epistemopathologies.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is the irony and the tragedy, as \"schizophrenia\" has acquired widespread acceptance and use as a medical\/psychiatric\/political diagnostic label. The label serves a mental health industry, but does little to explain or describe the etiology, expressions, and care of individuals assigned the \"term.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA central issue is the commitment to \"reductionism\" as a conceptual and methodological pillar for the \"mental health industry.\" Reductionism is an ideology, legitimizing medical solutions for critical widespread social, political, economic, and moral problems.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe ideology is apparent in the construct of \"schizophrenia,\" where \" utility\" arguments for the continued medical diagnoses, treatments, and professional roles, deny issues of validity. This volume explores historical, conceptual, and cultural sources of our continuing use and abuse of the construct of \"schizophrenia\" as a questionable foundation for a mental health industry, perpetuating and tolerating \"imprecision.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 278\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.58 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 16, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52768943440179,"sku":"9781959761785","price":43.16,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/RjJvRG53MTgwNW1GQ1VrVUdpRGtsUT09.webp?v=1764702092","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/in-pursuit-of-schizophrenia-reflections-on-imprecision-in-scientific-and-professional-thought-and-practice-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}